Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, introduced the Economic Growth and Development Act (EGDA) – H.R. 2747. EGDA establishes a direct relationship between U.S. development agencies and the private sector.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL) voted in favor of two bills that will help combat child exploitation and protect young victims of sexual abuse. The Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017 (H.R.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho’s (R-FL) efforts to secure funding for the Jacksonville Harbor deep dredge navigation project have paid off. In the recently released President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, funds have been allocated for this project. Congressman Yoho released the following statement:

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, issued the following statement on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as Special Counsel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election:

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL)voted in favor if the Thin Blue Line Act - H.R. 115. This bill will expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific issued the following statement on the election of Moon Jae-in to the presidency of the Republic of Korea:

When Republican Rep. Ted Yoho from Florida arrived in Washington, D.C., in 2013, he was committed to cutting government spending, including on foreign aid. But he told Devex in a recent interview that he quickly learned slashing assistance wasn’t a viable solution. Instead, he decided to work to reform it.

If there is one over-arching conclusion that can be drawn from the first two weeks of the Donald Trump administration, it’s that President Trump aims to keep the promises he made to his voters during the 2016 campaign. The degree to which Trump is striving to keep those promises is nearly-unheard of (Americans had come to expect that once a politician becomes elected to office, that politician

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to take a fresh view of our trade relations around the world to make certain they are in the interests of American workers. One place his nominee for the U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer can start would be to embrace Representative Ted Yoho’s plan for ending sugar subsidies known as “Zero for Zero.”

As I noted in this same space earlier this year, I have long been skeptical of how U.S. taxpayer dollars are spent overseas, having heard countless stories of America's generosity being rewarded by wasteful projects and corrupt foreign bureaucrats enriching themselves at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer and robbing their own citizens of those intended benefits.

As I noted in this same space earlier this year, I have long been skeptical of how U.S. taxpayer dollars are spent overseas, having heard countless stories of America’s generosity being rewarded by wasteful projects and corrupt foreign bureaucrats enriching themselves at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer and robbing their own citizens of those intended benefits.

On Monday, June 17th, the Freshman Regulatory Reform Woring Group, co-chaired by Rep. Ted Yoho (FL-03) and Rep. Doug Collins (GA-09) took time on the House floor to talk about ways to alleviate the burden of overregulation. Watch the video to hear the stories from North Central Florida constituents Congressman Yoho shared.